​Lyreco, exclusive distributors of Nespresso® Business Solutions, will showcase at CATEX 2017 with appearances from celebrity chef Martin Shanahan and TV3’s The Restaurant Maître D’ John Healy.

Dublin Ireland, February 2017 – Lyreco, exclusive distributors of Nespresso® Business Solutions, will be showcasing the Nespresso® business to business portfolio including the machines, accessories and Grands Crus at this year’s CATEX exhibition. CATEX takes place on the 21st to the 23rd of February in the RDS Simmonscourt.

In addition to showcasing the impressive Nespresso® Business Solutions portfolio, they will play host to renowned RTE TV Chef Martin Shanahan and TV3’s ‘The Restaurant’ Maître D’ and Susey Street and No 25 Fitzwilliam Place General Manager John Healy who will be sharing their expertise on quality, service and creating a wonderful customer experience.

Chef Martin Shanahan who owns the award winning Fishy Fishy restaurant in Kinsale, Co. Cork also hosts the RTE TV cooking programme ‘Surf n’ Turf’. Chef Shanahan will be presenting a Coffee & Food Pairing Demonstration where attendees can learn about the Nespresso® range of Grands Crus and how they enable venues to provide their customers with bespoke quality coffee drinks and complement a venue’s food offering. Delicious tasters will be available to attendees to enjoy during the comparison session.

Celebrity Maître D’ John Healy, of TV3’s The Restaurant fame, will be discussing the benefits of serving a quality coffee to guests and patrons. From Irish coffees to bespoke coffee drinks to close a meal, attendees will learn how this service can benefit their venue, from one of Ireland’s leading hospitality experts.

The impressive Nespresso® Aguila 420 and 220 machines that form part of the Nespresso® professional HORECA machine portfolio will be on display and the Lyreco team will demonstrate the high-performance innovation and the speedy delivery of luxury quality coffee drinks. Providing guests with high-quality coffee is vital to premium hotels which want to differentiate themselves from the competition. Nespresso® coffee specialists will be on hand to offer insight and demonstrations around the gourmet Grands Crus coffees which includes three ‘single origin’ capsules, Ristretto Origin India, Espresso Origin Brazil and Lungo Origin Guatemala and the latest additions to the professional range the Espresso Caramel and Espresso Vanilla variations

Ian McDonald, Nespresso®Business Solutions Commercial Manager UK & Ireland said, “CATEX is an important event for the HORECA industry in Ireland. We are looking forward to engaging with venues from all around Ireland and showing attendees how the Nespresso® quality coffee and business solutions service can work for them. Nespresso® values quality, provenance and customer experience. These values are shared by Chef Martin Shanahan and Maître D’ John Healy whose proficiency in quality and service they will be sharing. We are really excited about the collaboration and think attendees will benefit from their expertise and enjoy the experience.”Nespresso® offer a number of business-to-business solutions that can be tailored to meet specific venue requirements. Lyreco, the exclusive distributor of Nespresso® Business Solutions already supply coffee to many of the most discerning venues in the world. Nespresso® will be located at stand F23.​

About Nestlé Nespresso SA Nestlé Nespresso SA is the pioneer and reference for highest-quality portioned premium coffee. Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, Nespresso operates in 62 countries and has more than 10,500 employees. In 2014, it operated a global retail network of over 400 exclusive boutiques. For more information, visit the Nestlé Nespresso corporate website: www.nestle-nespresso.com.

® Reg. Trademark of Société des Produits Nestlé S.A.About LyrecoLyreco is an international workplace supplies provider with 9,000 employees working in 45 countries across five continents. With 370,000 sq m of distribution centres globally, its network of 1,700 vans delivers more than 230,000 packages every day (www.lyreco.com).